ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,256, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CeramicSpeed Sport A/S (Holstebro, Denmark).

"Rotating bicycle joint assembly and a method for preventing ingress of dirt in a bearing" was invented by Jacob Csizmadia (Holstebro, Denmark) and Anders Pedersen (Herning, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating bicycle joint assembly includes a rotating joint part, a fixed joint part, and a bearing located between the rotating joint part and the fixed joint part. An outer part of the bearing is fixed in relation to one of the rotating joint part or the fixed joint part. An inner part of the bearing is fixed in relation to the other of th...